Archive for December, 2006
The End of Saddam
Not with a bang, but a whimper
The life of one of the most notorious dictators of the past twenty years ended just after ten o’clock Friday night, courtesy of the “short drop and sudden stop” of the hangman’s noose.
The Beginning of the End
Once a free-spending, extravagantly-living, ruthlessly brutal ruler of a rogue nation, Saddam Hussein’s [...]
Honorable Americans, Every One
Michael Monsoor, of Garden Grove, California, felt the same call to serve his country that had led his father and brother into the Marine Corps. However, he was pulled in a different direction than his family members: he was drawn to the US Navy, not out of a desire to serve in the fleet, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The true meaning of Heroism, part 3
“He had time to jump out of the truck. He chose not to…He gave his life to save his crew.”
PFC Ross A. McGinnis, 19, mans his weapon inthe turret of a Humvee on Nov. 5 in Baghdad.Photo by Ben Murray (Stars and Stripes)
When most kids turn seventeen, they are thinking about their upcoming senior year [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The true meaning of Heroism, part 2
“They won’t understand why we do it. They won’t understand that it’s about the men next to you, and that’s it. That’s all it is.” -Blackhawk Down
PO2 Michael A. Monsoor (right). Photo by Michael Fumento.
Michael Monsoor, of Garden Grove, California, felt the same call to serve his country that had previously led his father [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The NYT’s latest big scoop
The Times breaks the story: we’re detaining the enemy in Iraq!
The American military is holding at least four Iranians in custody in Iraq, including senior military officials, according to a New York Times reported released today.
According to senior Iraqi and American officials, the Iranians in question were seized in raids conducted last week against groups [...]
Haditha Revisited
Charges filed against eight Marines
As we all remember, Rep. John Murtha (D-Surrender) came out swinging shortly after TIME magazine, in March, “broke” the story (four months after the fact) of the incident in Haditha, Iraq which left 24 people dead last November, accusing the Marines involved of “murdering” Iraqi civilians “in cold blood.” Was [...]
A "Person of the Year" retrospective, and TIME’s 2006 cop-out
For eight decades now, the final TIME Magazine cover of each year has featured the “individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year’s news.”
The tradition began in 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, after he became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and has continued to the [...]
It may be a Christian group, but you can’t make members be Christian!
American higher education once again attempts to twist logic into a multicultural, politically-correct knot.
By Jeff EmanuelMonday, December 11, 2006
Political correctness has long been running amok on the campuses of America’s institutes of higher education. From the severe limiting of free speech to mandatory “nondiscrimination” policies which greatly limit freedom of association, basic rights and privileges [...]
A rough start for Robert Gates
Dr. Robert Gates, President Bush’s nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, got off to a bit of a rocky start in his role as the perspective administration representative in charge of America’s warfighting capability. On Tuesday, in his one day of testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gates managed to stir [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Iraq Study Group prepares to make its recommendations
A new direction is needed in Iraq.
That statement is agreed to virtually across the board; however, opinions about just what the new direction needs to be – and what steps must be taken to implement it and to succeed – are extremely diverse.
One blue ribbon, bipartisan governmental panel is about to make its own recommendations. [...]
